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27Do not boast about tomorrow,
for you do not know what a day may bring.
²Let another praise you, and not your own mouth—
a stranger, and not your own lips.
³A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty,
but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.
⁴Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming,
but who is able to stand before jealousy?
⁵Better is open rebuke
than hidden love.
⁶Well meant are the wounds a friend inflicts,
but profuse are the kisses of an enemy.
¹⁰Do not forsake your friend or the friend of your parent;
do not go to the house of your kindred in the day of your calamity.
Better is a neighbor who is nearby
than kindred who are far away.
¹¹Be wise, my child, and make my heart glad,
so that I may answer whoever reproaches me.
¹²The clever see danger and hide;
but the simple go on, and suffer for it.